Uraria.] xlvii. leguminos^e. 603 
The lower leaves and those of young plants are trifoliate. Racemes 
dense, cylindric, 5 to 12 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. through ; bracts scarious, 
deciduous; pedicels *45 to *65 in. long with long bristles. Calyx 
"2 in. long, teeth plumose. Corolla *3 in. long, light blue. Pod 
puberulous, joints 4 to 6, black, *13 in. long, -i in. wide. Hab. 
Common in open ground, banks, etc. Singapore, Orchard Road. 
Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall), Malacca, Pulau Sepang; 
Sungei Hudang ; Brisu. Pahang River; Pianggu, Endau (Evans). 
Selangor, Rantau Panjang (Kloss) ; Batu caves; Kerling. Perak, 
Temengoh. Patani, Tomoh (Machado). Penang, Balik Pulau 
(Curtis). Kelantan, Lebeh River (Yapp). Setul. Distrib. Indo- 
China, Malaya. Native names : Poko Ekor Anis; Ekor Kuching; 
Seringau; Pua Acoraging. 
(2) U. picta Desv, Journ. Bot. i. 123, t. 5, fig. 19; Baker, in 
Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 155 ; Prain, l.c. 130. 
Tall, little-branched shrublet 3 to 6 ft. tall. Young stems 
downy. Leaves 2 or more in. long; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, linear- 
lanceolate acuminate obtuse, coriaceous, green with a white central 
band finely reticulate, pubescent beneath as is rachis, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 
long, -2 to ’3 in. wide; nerves beneath elevate. Racemes dense 
cylindric, 6 to 12 in. long ,*5 in. through ; pedicels *25 in. long, bristly. 
Bracts ovate-acuminate, bristly. Calyx '2 in. long. Corolla 
violet pink exsert, -3 in. long. Pod glabrous lead-colour, joints 
3 to 6, ‘13 in. long, *1 in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country, rare. 
Pahang River. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur; Permatang 
Bertam. Jalor, Biserat, paddy-fields (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. 
India, Cambodia, Malaya. 
(3) U. lagopoides DC. Prodr. ii. 324; Baker , l.c. ii. 156; Prain, 
l.c. 131. 
Creeping and ascending woody shrublet, 1 to 3 ft. long. Leaves 
1 to 2 in. long; rachis pubescent; leaflets solitary or one pair 
and a larger terminal one oblong rhomboid rounded, base truncate 
or cordate, thickly membranous, glabrous above, reticulate, hairy 
beneath, r to 2 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles -5 to 75 in. 
long. Stipules lanceolate setaceous. Racemes dense oblong, 1 to 
2'5 in. long, *8 in. through ; bracts lanceolate silky, acuminate. 
Calyx -12 in. long, plumose. Corolla white. Pods glabrous, joints 
reticulate, -15 in. long, -8 in. wide. Hab. Open sandy country. 
Pahang River; Raub track (Machado). Selangor, Batu Caves. 
Perak, Tambun, Ipoh; Kwala Kangsa; Temengoh. Province 
Wellesley, Pagar Tras; Tasek Gelugur. Perlis, Kanga. Setul. 
Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne- Vaughan). Distrib. India, China, Malaya. 
37 . PHYLACIUM, Benn. 
Twining herbs. Leaves trifoliate. Stipules small, persistent, 
linear; leaflets stipellate. Racemes axillary; pedicels short, 
completely enveloped in a large boat-shaped bract. Calyx tubular, 
